3 kids, 1 adult -- how will this work?

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

So I'm considering a girls trip to Disney, but the logistics are getting to me.

I have 3 girls, ages 10, 7 & 4. Most rides my 10 & 7 can ride together, while I ride with 4.

I assume I'll just have to skip rides like RnRC, Space, Splash, Soarin' & TT since 4 isn't tall enough to enter the line?

I just want to make sure I'm thinking of this correctly before I plan my FP strategy.

 

[Julylady]

At 10 and seven, I believe your kids can ride together without you. We let my 13 and 10 year old ride without us last summer. They had an iPhone and could text us their progress. We were waiting at the end of the ride.

 

[DreamIsaWish]

Are you sure the 4-year-old isn't tall enough? Splash, Test Track, Thunder Mountain, and Soarin' are all 40-inch rides and I know one of my kids was tall enough before age 3 and I think the other was tall enough before age 4 (although too scared to try). Space Mountain is 44 inches, so that's less likely.

But you might be pleasantly surprised at the height of your youngest, especially if the trip isn't in the immediate future. And even if she's too scared, she can enter the line if she's tall enough.

 

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

We were just there 2 weeks ago and she made it onto 7DMT by a hair, and the trip would be in March, so unlikely. I have unfortunately passed on my height (really lack there of) to my girls.

 

[Trip planner]

We were just there 2 weeks ago and she made it onto 7DMT by a hair, and the trip would be in March, so unlikely. I have unfortunately passed on my height (really lack there of) to my girls.

Maybe she will have a growth spurt! Last year DS-4 shot up 3 inches (to 43 inches) a couple months prior to our trip. I was worried that he may be borderline and turned away (happened to my friend's son- tall enough at the doctor's office but not at Disney )
Your older kids will be able to ride without you.

 

[klove]

I had a day solo with my 3 while my husband was sick. With your 2 oldest being 7+ it shouldn't be too bad since they can go on things together. They let my 8 yr old ride solo but not my 6 yr old (who is pretty mature and would have been fine to go on things like Soarin' with me at the entrance. Plan well, let them know you might not be able to do everything, but you should mostly be fine. I felt like taking my 3 to Dutch Wonderland in PA was a little more challenging as far as rides went than Disney was. Have fun!